Because at some point you just have to say times were different. I know, it sounds horrible, but I don't mean this in some "things were different when Grandma w

Because at some point you just have to say times were different. I know, it sounds horrible, but I don't mean this in some "things were different when Grandma was growing up" kind of way. Societal norms actually do shift, and the past becomes incomprehensible through a modern moral lens. Here's an example I'm sure someone will mistake for flamebait. The ancient Athenians: pederasty is indefensible if you apply today's standards to it, but at the time, people would have wondered what the heck was wrong with you if you were a man who wasn't practicing it during certain walks of life. In light of that, an information source that aims to be free from bias can't keep a list that says "Philosophers who were also Pedophiles" that has all the ancient Athenians on it, because that would be assuming what makes sense today made sense then.